Historical Malacca

A place steeped in an old memoirs, Malacca was once a trading post of flavors with dealers arriving from all places of the world. Malacca has a colorful olden times with her originator, the Melayu sultans, followed by interference from the Portuguese, Dutch and the Chinese, thus creating a very miscellany of different communities.

Journey to Malacca from Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia passes charming plantations of oil palms and rubber estates, dotted with occasional villages. The tour to Malacca should begins at the river-mouth, once called as the "Venice of the East". The presence of appealing looking wooden boats laden with mangrove logs and charcoal for barter goods is a reminder of a business being practiced centuries ago.

Tourists are recommended to take a stroll through the narrow Heeren Street and view fine old Dutch buildings from the 17th Century.  Do visit the Baba Nyonya Heritage Private Museum, the only of its kind in the country. A guided tour the  heritage of the Peranakans, a unique culture born of a fusion between Malay and Chinese traditions.

Walk along Jonkers Street which is noted from its antiques shops. Visitors should continue with a stroll on Harmony Street to see Kampung Kling Mosque, an old mosque with Sumatran architecture. Then move on to Cheng Hoon Teng temple, founded by Kapitan China Lee Wei King, a escapee who fled from China during the Ming Dynasty. Next, please then drive to see the Christ Church, the red-hued Malacca Dutch Square, and the unmistakeable Studhyus (one used as the home for the Dutch Governor) which serve a memory of the Dutch power in Malacca during the old days.

Pay a visit to Padang, Merdeka to see the remaining memoir of a Portuguese fort called A 'Famosa with Porta Santa as the presented gateway of the fortress. Get to climb up St. Paul's Hill to explore St. Paul's Church, a roofless property where lays a statue and empty burial chamber of St. Francis Xavier.

Before leaving Malacca, do drive around Bukit China (the Chinese Hill) to see the largest inherited burial graveyard of the early Chinese of Malacca out of China.